Musorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

An informative and wide ranging guide which places Musorgsky's original piano work in the context of Russian cultural life.

Klappentext
The piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition is perhaps the most widely known of Musorgsky's compositions, especially as orchestrated by Ravel. This informative and wide-ranging guide places the original piano work in the context of Russian cultural life, considering in particular the work of the artist Victor Hartman, creator of the pictures which inspired Musorgsky's composition.

Inhalt
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Pictures at an Exhibition and nineteenth-century music; 2. Musorgsky and Hartman; 3. Manuscript, publication and performance; 4. Looking at Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition; 5. Synopsis; 6. The musical language of Pictures at an Exhibition; 7. Harmony, scales, tonality and voice-leading in Pictures at an Exhibition; 8. Orchestrations and transcriptions of Pictures at an Exhibition; Appendix: list of principal transcriptions and orchestrations; Notes; Select bibliography.

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